Today is Blue Monday, supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Mondays are always depressing but today, the temperature also happens to be -19 ⁰ C. With the wind chill making it feel colder, it’s difficult to find anything positive about this day.
Now I understand why bears and other animals hibernate in winter. How I wish I could do just that. I want to crawl under my blanket, sleep and wake up in spring.
Here in North America, a lot of people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder during winter. SAD (what an apt acronym!) is a type of depression that scientists say is caused by the long, dark nights and too little sunlight. Waking up when it’s still dark, staying in the office the whole day, and then going home when it’s already dark really does not allow you to see much sunshine. This, plus dealing with the frigid cold, walking in deep snow and wearing layers of clothes every day, can affect you physically and emotionally.
The cold and dark weather really slows down your activities. And just as well, after a hectic Christmas season. Maybe this is God’s way of forcing us to pray more, reflect more, meditate more. As Christians, we should be joyful people - not focusing on the long, depressing winter but anticipating the warm, comforting days of spring.
He has made everything appropriate to its time, and has put the timeless into their hearts, without men's ever discovering, from beginning to end, the work which God has done. (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
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